New England's crises and cultural memory : literature, politics, history, religion, 1620-1860 / John McWilliams.

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McWilliams, John P. (John Probasco)

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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 142.Publication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 366 pages)Content type:

text

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9780511211072
0511211074
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9780511212840
0511214650
9780511214653
0511216440
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9780511485602
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0511327242
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Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction Crisis rhetoric: exclusion in New England history; ASSURANCE, ANXIETY, AND REGIONAL SALVATION; CHAPTER 1 Of corn, no corn, and Christian courage; CHAPTER 2 Thomas Morton: phoenix of New England memory; CHAPTER 3 Trying Anne; Headnote; CHAPTER 4 A cloud of blood: King Philip's War; CHAPTER 5 The axe at the root of the tree: Scarlet Governors and Gray Champions; CHAPTER 6 Race, war, and white magic: the neglected legacy of Salem; Headnote.

Summary: In this magisterial study, McWilliams traces the development of New England's influential cultural identity. He considers a range of writing including George Bancroft's History of the United States, the political essays of Samuel Adams, the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the poetry of Robert Lowell.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-360) and index.

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In this magisterial study, McWilliams traces the development of New England's influential cultural identity. He considers a range of writing including George Bancroft's History of the United States, the political essays of Samuel Adams, the fiction of Nathaniel Hawthorne and the poetry of Robert Lowell.

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